Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (441 mails)

[Michael Loeffler <michl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 10 March 2009, Rajko M. wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 March 2009 04:14:34 am Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > On Monday, 2009-03-09 at 23:16 -0500, Alberto Passalacqua wrote:
> > > > If there where not box, we could have now a 11.1.2 dvd. No
> > > > other change needed. Exactly what you get with an install then
> > > > 4/5 hours of dl right now, mostly for people without dl
> > > > capacity, and convenience.
> > >
> > > As Marcus said, creating these DVD would take time and effort,
> > > and has no relation with the box. We could in theory have
> > > respins even if there is a boxed version.
> > >
> > > The point is that respins are not worth the time and the effort
> > > if not in extreme cases (see 10.1). You talk about 4-5 hours to
> > > install patches, but that's the case only if you install months
> > > after release and repeat the installation many times. If you
> > > are in the second case
> >
> > Well, you have to install 11.1 about now to get enough updates to
> > make it usable. Kernel crashed here till the last, recent update.
> >
> > If making a second release is too much effort, how about
> > releasing an add-on CD/DVD disk with the updates? Maybe including
> > it with the box.
>
> The add-on update DVD is not a problem. Handpick last updates,
> download and burn. It is work, but it's not everyday work.
I won't work for the retail box. The retail box is produced once with 
the GM and then sold. Adding a CD with updates would require a new 
production run or to open boxes on stock an add the CD. Both is much 
to expensive.

M
> I was talking about respin, just because there is a base that GM
> was created from. Replace packages with updated versions and run
> kiwi again. If everyone has to do that there will be no guaranteed
> quality, and individual mistakes will be attributed to openSUSE,
> not individual that made them.
>
> --
> Regards, Rajko



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